[Li Shangyin]

The shadow of mica screen candle is deep, the long river is gradually falling and the stars are sinking.

Chang 'e should regret stealing the elixir.

The mica screen was stained with a thick candle shadow.

The milky way is sinking in the west, and the morning star has sunk.

Chang 'e must regret stealing the elixir of life,

Now I am alone, blue sea and blue sky, chilling every night.

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1. Chang 'e: the fairy on the moon in ancient mythology. "Huai Nan Zi Lan Mingxun": "You invited the elixir to the Queen Mother of the West, and Heng E sneaked to the moon." Heng said another sentence.

2. Mica screen: a screen embedded with mica. Chang 'e is alone in the moon palace, with only a candle shadow at night.

3. Long River Sentence: The Milky Way is drifting westward, the morning star will disappear, and another lonely night has passed.

4. Blue Sea: "Ten Kingdoms": "Fusang is on the east coast of the East China Sea, and the shore is straight. Landing in Wan Li by land, there are blue sea in the east, wide, narrow and sweaty, East Sea, etc. The water is not salty or bitter, it is blue. "

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This article satirizes those who believe in immortals and pursue immortality. Take Chang 'e as an example. It is said that after she stole the elixir and became immortal, she always tasted loneliness in the moon palace. While satirizing vanity, the poet raised an important philosophical question of life: What is the meaning of life? The question implied in this question is: how should people live? What is the purpose of longevity or even longevity? How should realistic people choose between love and immortality? The author obviously disapproves of Chang 'e sacrificing secular life for eternal life. He believes that such lonely eternal life is actually a torture and destruction of life. On the contrary, it is not as meaningful as the children in the world who love it with sorrow and joy and cling to it.

The artistic skills of this poem are also very mature. The whole poem aims to reveal the philosophy of life, but tells a moving story with no conceptual language at all, which inspires people to think.

In this poem, predecessors had self-injury, pity for others, mourning for death, satirizing the female crown and so on. Liu Heyu's "Xieji" said: "The theory of mourning is the most insoluble ... Although the three theories of self-mutilation, cherished person and female crown seem to be irrelevant, they can actually be interlinked ... Presumably Chang 'e's psychology has really seen through the author's own situation and mood. Chang 'e stole medicine and went to the moon to stay away. It's very much like a female crown who worships immortals and pursues halal but can't stand loneliness, and it's also like a poet who despises vulgarity and yearns for nobility and is trapped in physical and mental loneliness. It's natural. Therefore, Chang 'e, the goddess and the poet are actually three in one, belonging to the same category. "